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Old 02-13-2008, 11:36 PM
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I've went to Alexander's Steakhouse in Cupertino a few months back. Had the Japanese Kobe Filet Mignon and it was probably the best filet I've eaten in my life.

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I've ate at Forbes Mill in Danville a few times. It's great and I've had a good meal every time I've been
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Originally Posted by soundwave
I've went to Alexander's Steakhouse in Cupertino a few months back. Had the Japanese Kobe Filet Mignon and it was probably the best filet I've eaten in my life.

yelp reviews

Anybody try Forbes?
link

Any others that are better?

do you mean that 250 bucks steak? your nuts hahaha

alexander is good stuff.haha
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Heard nothing but good things about Alexanders. Pretty popular place for quality steak.
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This is where I like to take my womenz...

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House of prime rib and Broadway prime rib. I'm not sure if they are the best but they are pretty good imo.
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I went to Broadway Prime before and had the prime rib. It was ok, but not the best I've eaten. Still gotta try House of Prime Rib.
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I've always like Morton's and Ruth's Chris's in the City...House of PrimeRib is always good, not great. Forget about Broadway Prime, waste of money unless you live next door to it and you hate driving far. Forbes Mill in Danville is also good...best in the Area imo.
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This is where I like to take my womenz...

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went there for prom in 03
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I've been to Morton's, Ruth's Chris, Broadway Prime, House of Prime Rib and also had real Kobe beef in Tokyo. Maybe it's me and I eat steak too much but I think the best steak I've had is the one I've made myself at home. Just find a nice porterhouse or your favorite cut of beef, add some montreal seasoning and grill on both sides for 4 minutes and you'll have a nice serving of warm bloody bovine. No long lines, risk of bad service, parking and much less of a dent in your wallet and huge time savings.

I am still skeptical about the restaurants who claim that they have Japanese Kobe beef. Usually it's Japanese "style" Kobe beef where they bought some of the cows from Japan and bred them here to make what they call "Kobe" beef. Even though it may genetically be the same, these cows probably don't drink Japanese beer, get massages and listen to the same classical music their relatives in Japan listen to. If I'm not mistaken, Kobe is just the "Plain Jane" of good beef in Japan. There's two others that apparently put it to shame but I can't remember them off the top of my head. Anyhow, if you can afford it, why not?

My other comment is about Yelp. I always take the user's reviews with a grain of sand since most of the people on there are tools. One girl on there claimed that Alexander's Kobe burger is to die for or something like that. Any true food expert would agree that a Kobe burger is a plain ripoff and doesn't possess the same qualities that Kobe beef is prized for (marbled fat) since grinding it releases the fat when it is cooked. Then there's the other guy that says that the Kobe beef he had at Alexander's is better than any Kobe beef in Japan... I highly doubt that.

Now only if they had blowfish (aka Puffer Fish) in the US...
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+1 for ruth chris steak house in walnut creek. great service. Steamers in los gatos is good too.
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I ate there once. Had the calamari steak. Oh man that was a great meal. Not the kind of "steak" the OP's looking for, but my friends liked their meals there.
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my new favorite steakhouse is Boca in Novato. Wood fired grilled steaks Argentienian style. and you gotta love the homemade pickels
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So far, my choice for steak is Morton's or Alexander's. Both do a very good job. Whole foods has some very good beef as well.
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